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Tell the State Department to oppose racial and ethnic profiling

Submitted by Sydney Levy on Sun, 06/24/2012 - 3:02pm

From a US embassy employee asking someone's religion as a basis of providing help, to the threat of demolition facing a Palestinian village, racial profiling has pernicious effects.  Please help us get 18,000 signatures on a petition to the US State Department, opposing racial and ethnic profiling. Read more and take action.

Our core Jewish values

Submitted by Sydney Levy on Thu, 04/05/2012 - 7:27am

A letter by Rabbi Elizabeth Bolton

In a few weeks, the United Methodist Church will make a crucial vote on whether to divest from companies that profit from the Israeli occupation. A few months later, the Presbyterian Church-USA will vote on the same issue as well.

Sponsors of Israeli group weren’t here for open dialogue

Submitted by Sydney Levy on Tue, 03/27/2012 - 7:28am

The Seattle LGBT Commission was right to cancel the reception for visiting Israeli gay leaders and its decision opens the door for true, inclusive dialogue, writes Seattle Time guest columnist Stefanie Fox.

JVP Statement regarding Gilad Atzmon

Submitted by Sydney Levy on Tue, 03/13/2012 - 1:00pm

Jewish Voice for Peace's work for justice in Palestine/Israel is inspired by Jewish tradition, with a focus on principles of human rights, justice, and international law. JVP takes a strong stand against bigotry in any form, whether it be anti-Arab, anti-Muslim, or anti-Jewish. We do not work with anyone who uses oppressive language, imagery or those who attempt to demonize any group of people by ethnicity, religion or race.

The Jewish Federation sullies Jewish morality

Submitted by Sydney Levy on Fri, 10/21/2011 - 2:01pm

Tikkun Magazine on the Jewish Community Heroes controversy.

Not our flyer

Submitted by Sydney Levy on Fri, 10/21/2011 - 1:29pm

At an anti-war demonstration in Chicago on October 8, an
individual with whom JVP-Chicago has no connection distributed a
self-produced inflammatory leaflet falsely attributed to JVP-Chicago. 
No one from JVP-Chicago helped produce or distribute this flier. In an
all too common display of dishonesty and distortion,  Pam Geller is
reposting on her site the post about this flier on breibart's
rebelpundit: 

Rep. Ackerman attacks over 100 NYU professors for signing divestment letter

Submitted by Sydney Levy on Fri, 10/21/2011 - 1:27pm

New York, NY — 21 October 2011 — House Representative Gary Ackerman
(D-NY), ranking Democrat on the House Subcommittee on the Middle East
and South Asia, recently issued a statement attacking the actions of 132 New York University (NYU) faculty and staff members. Students for Justice in Palestine at NYU (SJP @ NYU) SJP @

Gabe Schivone and the new hyphenated-Jewish identity

Submitted by Sydney Levy on Fri, 09/09/2011 - 6:45am

The Jerusalem Post recently charged that
a human rights activist who participated in the siege-busting Gaza
Flotilla was falsely claiming to be Jewish. Given the high stakes over
criticism of Israeli policy and the Flotilla in particular, such
unsubstantiated charges to discredit a young Jewish activist are not
unexpected. And they aren't surprising coming from the very paper that
published the patently false allegation that participants in the flotilla boats to Gaza were bringing sulfur and were planning to kill Israeli soldiers.

National Museum: CAT event cancelled. Ask that CAT award be nixed too!

Submitted by Sydney Levy on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 1:03pm

The National Museum canceled its event honoring CAT. Ask them now to please rescind designation of the Henry C. Turner Prize for Innovation in Construction Technology to Caterpillar Inc. and identify an alternative nominee whose values and principles are maintained at the standard expected of a Turner Prize recipient. Act now!

National Building Museum Cancels Caterpillar Award Ceremony

Submitted by Sydney Levy on Thu, 09/08/2011 - 6:00am

Olympia, Washington – September 7, 2011 – Due to pressure
from social justice groups across the country, the National Building
Museum has canceled a public award ceremony to present Caterpillar Inc.
with the 2011 Henry C. Turner Prize. Given in partnership with Turner
Construction, the prize is awarded annually to recognize “an invention,
an innovative methodology, and/or exceptional leadership…in construction
technology.”

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